Tuesday, November 18, 2008

I'm still using an ancient cell phone that only does phone calls (imagine that), and I carry around all the rest of my life on my aging Dell Axim (which I still really like), but my daughter has an iPod Touch. Okay, it is kind of cool, and I've tried some Bible apps to see how it works.

Paul Avery of Peej Studio has now released a free iPhone / iPod Touch Holy Bible app that includes KJV, ASV, BBE, and WEB English translations along with 3 Spanish versions, but it also includes the Greek NT (Nestle-Aland, but it is unaccented) and the Greek Septuagint. There you go! The site claims that he is working on accented Greek and a copyright-clear Hebrew OT. (HT: PhiloBlogger)

(Update via comment by John) You can also check out BibleXpress. For $30 you get the ASV, NRSV (w/Apocrypha), ESV, NASB, LBLA (Spanish), KJV, and The Message. That's a great price for those copyrighted versions.

In contrast to these three apps which you need to download and which reside on your device, Laridian is using an internet-accessible, subscription model for iPocketBible.com. (Subscriptions are $2/month or $20/year.) This might be a good deal especially if you already own Laridian products which will be available to you as part of your subscription.

4 comments:

Don't forget BibleXpress. It currently has the ASV, NRSV (w/Apocrypha), ESV, NASB, LBLA, KJV, and The Message. He's currently working on the NLT and NIV. And you only pay one price for the app. All of the current and future Bibles are included in that price. Compare that to some iPhone apps that charge you $15 per translation.

Next very good iPhone app is Mantis Bible Study. It contains many English translations like ESV or NASB and also 3 Greek NT versions (one of them accented and one with Strongs) and an Hebrew OT with (or without) Strongs - both unpointed and a Hebrew NT.

And many more - dictionaries, commentaries, books... They have also a web site - www.mantisbible.com